>>> x
array([[ 0. , 0.125, 0.25 ],
[ 0.375, 0.5 , 0.625],
[ 0.75 , 0.875, 1. ]])
>>> s = x.tostring()
>>> numpy.fromstring(s)
array([ 0. , 0.125, 0.25 , 0.375, 0.5 , 0.625, 0.75 , 0.875, 1. ])
>>> y = numpy.fromstring(s).reshape((3, 3))
>>> y
array([[ 0. , 0.125, 0.25 ],
[ 0.375, 0.5 , 0.625],
[ 0.75 , 0.875, 1. ]])